UNLIREC and the Government of Paraguay held an Executive Workshop on best practices for the prevention and reduction of the risk of diversion of arms, ammunition, parts and components

26/02/2019
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27/02/2019
Activity description

On 26-27 February 2019, UNLIREC and Paraguay’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs held an Executive Workshop on best practices for the prevention and reduction of the risk of diversion of arms, parts, components and ammunition. This two-day activity was open to officials responsible for or involved in the control of conventional arms transfers and the implementation of the ATT. Participants included the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Permanent Mission of Paraguay to the United Nations in New York, Directorate of War Material, National Police, Public Ministry, National Customs Directorate, National Anti-Drug Secretariat, National Defense Commission of the National Congress and the Money Laundering Prevention Secretariat.

This activity was preceded by a first technical Workshop, which aimed to increase technical knowledge of the obligations of the Treaty. The second Workshop also intended to expand knowledge of the Treaty with special emphasis on import control and evaluation of conventional arms exports. In this regard, UNLIREC led an interactive exercise incorporating a fictitious export evaluation methodology highlighting the risk of diversion, along with the presentation of tools for import control, aimed at end user controls.

Project description

All project-related activities are funded by the ATT Voluntary Trust Fund, of which Paraguay is a beneficiary and in which UNLIREC, at the request of the Paraguayan authorities, is the main implementing partner.

Type of Activity
Institutional capacity-building
Legal or legislative assistance
Sensitization and outreach
Focus of Activity
Ammunition
Brokering controls
Control list
Diversion
Enforcement
Gender based violence (GBV)
Import controls
Reporting on arms transfers
Risk assessments
Small arms and light weapons (SALW) controls
Transfer controls
Transit and trans-shipment controls
Partners
Paraguay
Implementers
United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC)
Donors
ATT Voluntary Trust Fund (VTF)
Contact Details

United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC)

Av.Jorge Chávez 275, piso 3, Miraflores Lima, Perú  

Tel. (+51 1) 625-9114,  (+51 1) 625-9100

Email: information@unlirec.org